Red capsicum soup

Apart from using it to add colour to dishes, red and yellow capsicums are not so widely used. The capsicums turn red when they are left in the plant after it turns green and then yellow. It has a light sweet flavour to it. I don't know if this particular recipe exists anywhere, this is my way to use the red variant.

It is generally good to use a different flavoured vegetable together while making soups, we should also take care of colour of the soup. So, here i use tomato to retain the red colour and give it a sour taste.

Servings - 2

Preparation time - 2 mins

Cooking time - 15 mins

Total time - 20 mins

Ingredients 

Red capsicum - 1

Tomato - 1

Peppercorns - 5 to 6

Cinnamon powder (optional)

Sugar - ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for smearing

Steps to prepare

1. Wash and neatly dry red capsicum and tomato.

2. Smear oil on both tomato and capsicum evenly.

3. Now let's place it on gas flame and roast it. You can use a papad stand, place it on stove and then place vegetables on it.

4. Keep rotating until all sides are roasted.

5. After all sides are roasted, shift both of them to a bowl of water and peel the skin off.

6. Cut them roughly and grind along with pepper and cinnamon.

7. Bring the ground mixture to a boil while adding salt and sugar. If cinnamon was not added for grinding, you can add cinnamon powder now.

8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Tips

1. Capsicum can be roasted in a microwave grill too.

2. Any spices can be added of your choice.

3. Also, can be tried with other color capsicum, if you do try it then let me know your feedback.